Biden's JCPOA revival talks collapse as Iran demands IRGC delisting

Indirect US-Iran negotiations in Vienna aimed at reviving the JCPOA collapsed in August 2022 after Iran demanded the United States remove the IRGC from its terrorist designation list — a condition the Biden administration refused. Talks had run since April 2021 through European intermediaries, but Iran had already escalated enrichment to 60 percent purity by April 2021 under newly elected hardliner President Raisi. The EU submitted a final text in August 2022 that Iran rejected, ending formal revival efforts.